Full Publications
2023
Ru Wang, Linxiu Zeng, Xinyong Zhang, Sanbrita Mondal, Yuhang Zhao.
Understanding How Low Vision Read Using Eye Tracking.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2023. ACM, New York, NY, USA. To Appear.
Yuhang Zhao, Yaxing Yao, Jiaru Fu, Nihan Zhou.
“If sighted people know, I should be able to know:” Privacy Perceptions of Bystanders with Visual Impairments around Camera-based Technology.
The 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2023). [pdf]
2022
Prajna M. Bhat, Yuhang Zhao.
“I was Confused by It; It was Confused by Me:” Exploring the Experiences of People with Visual Impairments around Mobile Service Robots.
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, CSCW2, Article 481, 26 pages. [pdf]
*Diversity & Inclusivity Award*
Zhichun Li, Yu Jiang, Xiaochen Liu, Yuhang Zhao, ChunYu, Yuanchun Shi.
Enhancing Revisitation in Touchscreen Reading for Visually Impaired People with Semantic Navigation Design.
Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. (IMWUT '22), Vol. 6, No.3, Article 126. [pdf]
Kexin Zhang, Elmira Deldari, Zhicong Lu, Yaxing Yao, Yuhang Zhao.
The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). ACM, New York, NY, USA. 16 pages. [pdf]
Tiger Ji, Brianna Cochran, Yuhang Zhao.
The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). ACM, New York, NY, USA. 17 pages. [pdf]
Sophie Stephenson, Bijeeta Pal, Stephen Fan, Earlence Fernandes, Yuhang Zhao, Rahul Chatterjee.
SoK: Authentication in Augmented and Virtual Reality.
43rd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland) 2022, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1552-1552. [pdf]
2021
Yueting Weng, Chun Yu, Yingtian Shi, Yuhang Zhao, Yukang Yan, Yuanchun Shi.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2021. ACM, New York, NY, USA. Article 10. [pdf].
Crescentia Jung, Shubham Mehta, Atharva Kulkarni, Yuhang Zhao, Yea-Seul Kim.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS) 2021, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1095-1105. [pdf]
*Best Paper Nominee*
2020
Zikai Alex Wen, Erica O. Silverstein, Yuhang Zhao, Anjelika Lynne S. Amog, Katherine Garnett, Shiri Azenkot.
Teacher Views of Math E-learning Tools for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities.
The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'20). ACM, New York, NY, USA. Article No. 44. [pdf].
Yuhang Zhao, Elizabeth Kupferstein, Hathaitorn Rojnirun, Leah Findlater, Shiri Azenkot.
The Effectiveness of Visual and Audio Wayfinding Guidance on Smartglasses for People with Low Vision.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2020. ACM, New York, NY, USA. p.389. [pdf]
Lei Shi, Yuhang Zhao, Ricardo Gonzalez Penuela, Elizabeth Kupferstein, Shiri Azenkot.
Molder: An Accessible Design Tool for Tactile Maps.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2020. ACM, New York, NY, USA. p.304. [pdf]
2019
Yuhang Zhao, Sarit Szpiro, Lei Shi, and Shiri Azenkot.
Designing and Evaluating a Customizable Head-Mounted Vision Enhancement System for People with Low Vision.
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) 12(4), Article 15 (November 2019), 46 pages. [pdf]
Yuhang Zhao, Elizabeth Kupferstein, Brenda Castro, Steven Feiner, and Shiri Azenkot.
Designing AR Visualizations to Facilitate Stair Navigation for People with Low Vision.
The 32nd Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'19). ACM, New York, NY, USA. [pdf]
Yuhang Zhao, Edward Cutrell, Christian Holz, Meredith Ringel Morris, Eyal Ofek, and Andrew D. Wilson.
SeeingVR: A Set of Tools to Make Virtual Reality More Accessible to People with Low Vision.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2019. ACM, New York, NY, USA. p. 111. [pdf]
2018
Yuhang Zhao, Elizabeth Kupferstein, Doron Tal, and Shiri Azenkot.
“It Looks Beautiful but Scary:” How Low Vision People Navigate Stairs and Other Surface Level Changes.
The 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'18). ACM, New York, NY, USA. 307-320. [pdf]
*Best Paper Nominee*
Yuhang Zhao, Shaomei Wu, Lindsay Reynolds, and Shiri Azenkot.
A Face Recognition Application for People with Visual Impairments: Understanding Use Beyond the Lab.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2018. ACM, New York, NY, USA. p.215. [pdf]
Yuhang Zhao, Cynthia L. Bennett, Hrvoje Benko, Edward Cutrell, Christian Holz, Meredith Ringel Morris, and Mike Sinclair.
Enabling People with Visual Impairments to Navigate Virtual Reality with a Haptic and Auditory Cane Simulation
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2018. ACM, New York, NY, USA. p. 116. [pdf]
2017
Yuhang Zhao, Shaomei Wu, Lindsay Reynolds, and Shiri Azenkot.
The Effect of Computer-Generated Descriptions on Photo-Sharing Experiences of People with Visual Impairments.
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 1, CSCW. 121. (November 2017). 22 pages. (CSCW 2018). [pdf]
Yuhang Zhao, Michele Hu, Shafeka Hashash, and Shiri Azenkot.
Understanding Low Vision People's Visual Perception on Commercial Augmented Reality Glasses.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2017. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 4170-4181. [pdf]
Lei Shi, Yuhang Zhao, and Shiri Azenkot.
Designing Interactions for 3D Printed Models with Blind People.
The 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS'17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 200-209. [pdf]
Lei Shi, Yuhang Zhao, and Shiri Azenkot.
Markit and Talkit: A Low-Barrier Toolkit to Augment 3D Printed Models with Audio Annotations.
The 30th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 493-506. [pdf]
2016
Yuhang Zhao, Sarit Szpiro, Jonathan Knighten, and Shiri Azenkot.
CueSee: Exploring Visual Cues for People with Low Vision to Facilitate a Visual Search Task.
The 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp'16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 73-84. [pdf]
Sarit Szpiro, Shafeka Hashash, Yuhang Zhao, and Shiri Azenkot.
How People with Low Vision Access Computing Devices: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities.
The 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 171-180. [pdf]
*Best Paper Nominee*
Sarit Szpiro, Yuhang Zhao, and Shiri Azenkot.
Finding a Store, Searching for a Product: A Study of Daily Challenges of Low Vision People.
The 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp'16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 61-72. [pdf]
2015
Yuhang Zhao, Sarit Szpiro, and Shiri Azenkot.
ForeSee: A Customizable Head-Mounted Vision Enhancement System for People with Low Vision.
The 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 239-249. [pdf]
2014 and Earlier
Yuhang Zhao, Yongqiang Qin, Yang Liu, Siqi Liu, Taoshuai Zhang, Yuanchun Shi.
QOOK: Enhancing Information Revisitation for Active Reading with a Paper Book.
The 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI'14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 125-132. [pdf]
Yuntao Wang, Chun Yu, Yuhang Zhao, Jin Huang, and Yuanchun Shi.
Defining and Analyzing a Gesture Set for Interactive TV Remote on Touch screen Phones.
The 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC'14). IEEE Computer Society, 362-265. [pdf]
Jin Huang, Chun Yu, Yuntao Wang, Yuhang Zhao, Siqi Liu, Chou Mo, Jie Liu, Lie Zhang, and Yuanchun Shi.
FOCUS: Enhancing Children’s Engagement in Reading by Using Contextual BCI Training Sessions.
The SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2014. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1905-1908. [pdf]
Lixin Shi, Yuhang Zhao, Jie Tang.
Batch Mode Active Learning for Networked Data.
ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST), Volume 3 Issue 2, Article 33 (February 2012), 25 pages. [pdf]
Lixin Shi, Yuhang Zhao, Jie Tang.
Combining Link and Content in Collective Active Learning.
The 19th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1829-2832. [pdf]
Patents
Hrvoje Benko, Edward Cutrell, Christian Holz, Meredith Ringel Morris, Mike Sinclair, Yuhang Zhao, and Cynthia L. Bennett.
Apparatus for Use in a Virtual Reality System.
To Appear.
Alex Dow, Brett Lavalla, Jeffrey Wieland, Shaomei Wu, Yuhang Zhao, Lindsay Reynolds, and Matt King.
Accessibility System.
United States patent application US 15/299,353. 2018 Apr 26. [pdf]
Yuanchun Shi, Chun Yu, Yuntao Wang, Zhouyue Su, Yuhang Zhao
An Eyes-free Method of TV Remote Control on Touch Screen Phone.
CN201210056881, May 14, 2014
Honors & Awards
2021 Best Paper Nominee, IEEE VIS 2021.
2019 Selected for Rising Stars in EECS Workshop
2019 Oath Fellow, Connected Experiences Lab, Cornell Tech.
2018 Selected as HCIC 2018 student attendee (two out of all Cornell IS Ph.D. students).
2018 Best Paper Nominee, ACM ASSETS 2018.
2018 Facebook PhD Fellowship Finalist.
2016 Best Paper Nominee, ACM ASSETS 2016.
2016 GHC Scholar - Scholarship to attend Grace Hopper Celebration for Women.
2015 Verizon Connected Futures Research & Prototyping Challenge, won $15,000.
2014 Best Graduate Thesis, Computer Science Department, Tsinghua University.
2013 Seibel Scholar - Awarded annually for academic excellence and demonstrated leadership to 85 top students from the world's leading graduate schools, $35,000.
2012 Tsinghua Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Students.
2011 Best Poster and Demo Award at the 4th Microsoft Research Asia Joint Laboratory Symposium
2010 Honorable Mention, American Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
2009 Tsinghua Scholarship for Excellent Students.
2008 Tsinghua Scholarship for Excellent Students.
2008 Meritorious of Beijing Contest District in Chinese Mathematical Contest in Modeling.